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The Twenty-Fourth Day of Christmas Advent. The Christmas When Everybody Was There

12/08/2025

~By Father Stephen Freeman, December 19, 2022 The soldiers were scattered across Europe with the loneliness of war. The world was caught up in a total struggle. Women had gone to the factories; children were collecting scrap metal. The “war effort” was universal. In many places, food was rationed. The madhouse of consumption belonged only to the war; everything else could wait. And there was Christmas. Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley were part of the

Traveling the Old Roads

11/07/2025

~By Father Stephen Freeman, July 22, 2023 In C.S. Lewis’ book, That Hideous Strength, the character of Merlin (the ancient “wizard” of Romano-Celtic Britain) is awakened from a timeless slumber in an underground chamber. There is a group of evil men who are searching for him, thinking they can use his magic for their own schemes. As it turns out, Merlin is a Christian, albeit a very ancient one. He becomes an ally of the small

The Fifth Wednesday of Pascha. Memory of Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen

05/21/2025

ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! CHRIST IS RISEN! The Church calls Saint Constantine (306-337) “the Equal of the Apostles,” and historians call him “the Great.” He was the son of the Caesar Constantius Chlorus (305-306), who governed the lands of Gaul and Britain. His mother was Saint Helen, a Christian of humble birth. At this time the immense Roman Empire was divided into Western and Eastern halves, governed by two independent emperors and their corulers called “Caesars.” Constantius

St Patrick – Equal to the Apostles

03/17/2025

~By Father Jeremy McKemy, March 17, 2014 PATRICK’S EARLY LIFE St. Patrick, one of the few saints I recognized before becoming Orthodox, lived somewhere around the years of 390-460 AD. People all over the world still celebrate his feast day, though it is usually by consuming alcohol, wearing the color green, and perhaps decorating with four-leaf clovers. But who was St. Patrick? What kind of life did he live? I read his autobiography and put

The Third Friday of Great Lent: St. Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland

03/17/2023

Authored by Orthodox Church of America Parades, wearing of the green, shamrocks, celebrations – which one of these is a true event in the life of St. Patrick? The humble bishop who helped establish Christianity in the country now known as Ireland would be surprised, and perhaps saddened, by some of the “traditions” associated with his missionary work during a challenging period in the life of the Church. A little-known fact is that Patrick was

A Remarkable Royal Family: Feast of Saint Werburga

02/03/2023

Published by Pemptousia Partnership, February 3, 2017 W. J. Lillie February 3, Feast of Saint Werburga While it may be true that history doesn’t repeat itself, it is also true that human beings do. Each generation, each person, is born into the same spiritual state as the generations who have gone before. It’s true that a child will benefit from a loving environment, a good education and a proper formation in the faith, but that

The Twenty-Fifth Day of Christmas Advent: The Christmas When Everybody Was There

12/09/2022

By Fr. Stephen Freeman, December 6, 2021 The soldiers were scattered across Europe with the loneliness of war. The world was caught up in a total struggle. Women had gone to the factories; children were collecting scrap metal. The “war effort” was universal. In many places, food was rationed. The madhouse of consumption belonged only to the war; everything else could wait. And there was Christmas. Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley were part of the

The Fifteenth Day of Christmas Advent. The Christmas When Everybody Was There.

11/29/2021

By Stephen Freeman, December 24, 2018 The soldiers were scattered across Europe with the loneliness of war. The world was caught up in a total struggle. Women had gone to the factories; children were collecting scrap metal. The “war effort” was universal. In many places, food was rationed. The madhouse of consumption belonged only to the war; everything else could wait. And there was Christmas. Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley were part of the effort

Conversations with a Flatlander

07/23/2021

By Fr. Stephen Freeman, January 12, 2016 I have been engaged in what appears to be a useless conversation. I’m having a private email chat with an atheist/materialist who insists that there are no miracles – everything can be explained by “natural” means and that the world will be better off when everyone finally agrees this is true. He is a crusader. I have no explanations or apologies for the conversation and know that it

The Fourth Tuesday after Pascha. CHRISTOS ANESTI! CHRIST IS RISEN! Equal of the Apostles and Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen

05/21/2019

The Church calls Saint Constantine (306-337) “the Equal of the Apostles,” and historians call him “the Great.” He was the son of the Caesar Constantius Chlorus (305-306), who governed the lands of Gaul and Britain. His mother was Saint Helen, a Christian of humble birth. At this time the immense Roman Empire was divided into Western and Eastern halves, governed by two independent emperors and their co-rulers called “Caesars.” Constantius Chlorus was Caesar in the

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The Twenty-Fourth Day of Christmas Advent. The Christmas When Everybody Was There

Traveling the Old Roads

The Fifth Wednesday of Pascha. Memory of Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen

St Patrick – Equal to the Apostles

The Third Friday of Great Lent: St. Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland

A Remarkable Royal Family: Feast of Saint Werburga

The Twenty-Fifth Day of Christmas Advent: The Christmas When Everybody Was There

The Fifteenth Day of Christmas Advent. The Christmas When Everybody Was There.

Conversations with a Flatlander

The Fourth Tuesday after Pascha. CHRISTOS ANESTI! CHRIST IS RISEN! Equal of the Apostles and Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen

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